Improved railroad-track litter



@uiten tatrs @anni @Hina JOHN MORTO. N, OF WINCHESTER, INDIANA. LettersPatent No. 72,527, lelated December 24, 1867; antedatcd Deer-uber 7,1867.

IMPROVED RAILROAD-TRAGK LIFTER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN MORTON, of Winchester, in the county ofRandolph, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Machine for Raising arid Adjusting the Tracks ofRailroads, patented by myself; and I do'hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear, and' exact description of the same, referencebeing had vto the annexed drawings, making part of this specification,in which- Figure 1 is an elevation,'and I Figure 2 is a verticalcross-section` l The same letters are employed in the indication ofidentical parts in both figures.

My improvements relato to the mode of actuating the levers bywhich thehooks' sustaining the'track weresuspended, as described in my LettersPatentvfor a machine for the before-recited purpose, dated March 19, A.D. 1867, to which patent I now refer for a-description of the entiremachine. In this specification I need not describe anything more thanwhat may be 'necessary to enable persons skilled in the` art to apply'myimprovements to a machine constructed in other respects according to theinstructions and explanations therein contained. v l A f' Y In thatmachine provision was made for raising railroad-track by hooksvsuspended from the short arms of the crossed levers A, the fulcra ofwhich were formed by the diagonal braces B. The crossed levers were,

' in the original machine, actuated bymeans of' a system ci'- leverswhich I wish to dispense with, substituting therefor thefollowing-described arrangement of mechanism: I

. The levers'A are depressed at their long arms by'chains or cords Cattached thereto, and extending down--V wardly, passing under thepulleys D, which are fastened by straps, or otherwise, to the braces'B,and'thcnce the chains -are carried around the axle E', to which they'aresecured. This axle is placed in a slot in the vertical post L, and isturned by the spur-wheel F, of which itis part of the shaft. The outerbearingof the shaft E is formed 4in the cap F', fastened to the verticalpost L. The spur-wheel F is driven'by ai pinion, G, `placed on. the axleof' the winch H. L is a pawl, hooking into the cogs of the spur-wheel tohold the Weight of the track after it has been raised by the levers A.The post L stands upori a pedestal, K, to which it isattached in suchmanner as to permit the post to oscillate upon the pedestal enough toaccommodate itself to any ihnequalities of surface of the ground onwhich the latter rests. Hooks, as shown in my original patent, are sus;pended from the lower ends of the crossed levers A A at xx, which are-tobe attached under the'rail, the-base,- K, standing on the track betweenthe cross-ties. The track will then be raised by drawing down theuppereuds of the levers A A. v v l What I claim as my invention, anddesired to sccureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination ofthe levers A, for raising railroad-tracks, with thechain or cord C, Aand the mechanism for actuating thesame, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The arrangement of the mechanism foractuating the tracklifting leversA, said mechanism consisting of the parts C, D, E, F, G, andH,.substantially'a's herein described.

3. The combination of the pedestal K, post L, braces B, andtrack-lifting levers A, arranged to operate substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. v

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribingwitnesses.

JOHN MORTON.

Witnesses:l

L. J. MoNKs, JOHN E.l NEFF.

